Git Flow vs pre-commit

Overview

pre-commit

Stacks1.4K

Followers43

Votes0

GitHub Stars802

Forks95

Git Flow

Stacks91

Followers76

Votes0

GitHub Stars2.5K

Forks627

Git Flow vs pre-commit: What are the differences?

Developers describe Git Flow as "A set of git extensions to provide high-level repository operations". It provides excellent command line help and output. It is a merge based solution. It doesn't rebase feature branches. On the other hand, pre-commit is detailed as "A slightly improved pre-commit hook for git". pre-commit checks your code for errors before you commit it. pre-commit is configurable.

Git Flow and pre-commit can be primarily classified as "Git" tools.

Git Flow and pre-commit are both open source tools. It seems that Git Flow with 1.92K GitHub stars and 463 forks on GitHub has more adoption than pre-commit with 755 GitHub stars and 95 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Git Flow has a broader approval, being mentioned in 11 company stacks & 12 developers stacks; compared to pre-commit, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 17 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

pre-commit	Git Flow
pre-commit checks your code for errors before you commit it. pre-commit is configurable.	It provides excellent command line help and output. It is a merge based solution. It doesn't rebase feature branches.
debugger: make sure you don't commit a debugger statement;tabs: make sure your code uses leading spaces instead of tabs;whitespace: make sure you don't commit trailing whitespace;jslint: syntax check your javascript before you commit it;ci: run a quick test suite before you commit	DevOps;
Statistics
GitHub Stars 802	GitHub Stars 2.5K
GitHub Forks 95	GitHub Forks 627
Stacks 1.4K	Stacks 91
Followers 43	Followers 76
Votes 0	Votes 0

What are some alternatives to pre-commit, Git Flow?

Diff So Fancy

diff-so-fancy builds on the good-lookin' output of git contrib's diff-highlight to upgrade your diffs' appearances.

TortoiseGit

It is a Git revision control client, implemented as a Windows shell extension and based on TortoiseSVN. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

GitUI

It is a blazing fast terminal-UI for git written in Rust. You can inspect, commit, and amend changes. It has context-based help (no need to memorize tons of hot-keys).

pre-commit by Yelp

If one of your developers doesn’t have node installed but modifies a JavaScript file, pre-commit automatically handles downloading and building node to run jshint without root. Pre-commit is a multi-language package manager for pre-commit hooks. You specify a list of hooks you want and pre-commit manages the installation and execution of any hook written in any language before every commit. pre-commit is specifically designed to not require root access.

ungit

Clean and intuitive UI that makes it easy to understand git.

rebase-editor

Simple terminal based sequence editor for git interactive rebase. Written in Node.js, published to npm, uses terminal-kit.

hub

hub is a command line tool that wraps git in order to extend it with extra features and commands that make working with GitHub easier.

Check It Out

Check It Out lets you interactively see and choose what branch you want to check out without the hassle of trying to type out a long or confusing branch name. Checking out branches just got even simpler!

hug-scm

A humane, intuitive interface for Git and other version control systems. Hug transforms complex and forgettable Git commands into a simple, predictable language that feels natural to use, keeping you focused on your code, not on wrestling with version control.

Git-Repo

Control your remote git hosting services from the git commandline. The usage is very simple.

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